North Korea: Trump fire talk singes Tillerson's wings

Will the United States defeat the North Korean nuclear threat through “peaceful pressure” or “fire and fury”? This week US Secretary of State and diplomatic good cop Rex Tillerson was in southeast Asia, working with allies to isolate and cajole Kim Jong-Un’s regime. Tillerson’s diplomatic track was already a steep and rocky trail — despite early success last week with the UN Security Council’s adoption of tough new sanctions against North Korea.

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